title: Post-myelography paraplegia in a woman with thoracic stenosis.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Myelography is a commonly performed diagnostic test used to assess spine pathology. Complications are unusual and usually self-limited. We report a rare case of transient paraplegia following myelography in a woman with thoracic stenosis.
  
  
  RESULTS
  A 51-year-old woman, 20 months status post-thoracic laminectomy, presented with progressive lower extremity weakness. The patient underwent myelography and post-myelography CT, and became paraplegic after the lumbar injection. Intravenous steroids were administered and a lumbar puncture was performed. The patient's neurologic function returned to baseline over the next 96 hours.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Myelography is generally a safe procedure, but on rare occasions serious complications can arise. Therapeutic maneuvers may be helpful in reversing neurologic deficit.
authors.affiliation: University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, KS, USA.
authors.forename: Hesham M
authors.initials: HM
authors.lastname: Soliman
authors.forename: Paul M
authors.initials: PM
authors.lastname: Arnold
authors.forename: Ernest J
authors.initials: EJ
authors.lastname: Madarang
mesh_terms: D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D009192:Myelography / Q000009:adverse effects*; D010264:Paraplegia / Q000209:etiology*; D013129:Spinal Puncture / Q000009:adverse effects*; D013130:Spinal Stenosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D013904:Thoracic Vertebrae; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed / Q000009:adverse effects